Amos 8:4

New International Version

Hear this, you who trample the needy and do away with the poor of the land,

Cross References

1 Kings 22:19

Micaiah continued, “Therefore hear the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne with all the multitudes of heaven standing around him on his right and on his left.

Job 24:4

They thrust the needy from the path and force all the poor of the land into hiding.

Psalm 10:7

His mouth is full of lies and threats; trouble and evil are under his tongue.

Psalm 12:5

“Because the poor are plundered and the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the Lord. “I will protect them from those who malign them.”

Psalm 14:4

Do all these evildoers know nothing? They devour my people as though eating bread; they never call on the Lord.

Psalm 140:12

I know that the Lord secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy.

Psalm 56:1

Be merciful to me, my God, for my enemies are in hot pursuit; all day long they press their attack.

Proverbs 30:14

those whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are set with knives to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among mankind.

Isaiah 1:10

Hear the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!

Isaiah 28:14

Therefore hear the word of the Lord, you scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 28:15

Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet, “Listen, Hananiah! The Lord has not sent you, yet you have persuaded this nation to trust in lies.

Jeremiah 5:21

Hear this, you foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear:

Ezekiel 22:12

In you are people who accept bribes to shed blood; you take interest and make a profit from the poor. You extort unjust gain from your neighbors. And you have forgotten me, declares the Sovereign Lord.

Ezekiel 45:10

You are to use accurate scales, an accurate ephah and an accurate bath.

Amos 5:11

You levy a straw tax on the poor and impose a tax on their grain. Therefore, though you have built stone mansions, you will not live in them; though you have planted lush vineyards, you will not drink their wine.

Amos 5:12

For I know how many are your offenses and how great your sins. There are those who oppress the innocent and take bribes and deprive the poor of justice in the courts.

Amos 7:16

Now then, hear the word of the Lord. You say, “ ‘Do not prophesy against Israel, and stop preaching against the descendants of Isaac.’

Micah 2:2

They covet fields and seize them, and houses, and take them. They defraud people of their homes, they rob them of their inheritance.

Micah 3:3

who eat my people’s flesh, strip off their skin and break their bones in pieces; who chop them up like meat for the pan, like flesh for the pot?”

Zechariah 5:6

I asked, “What is it?” He replied, “It is a basket.” And he added, “This is the iniquity of the people throughout the land.”

Matthew 23:13

“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.

James 5:6

You have condemned and murdered the innocent one, who was not opposing you.